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The bullpens were pretty normal. Catcher Kelly Shoppach could be a good presence for Mike Zunino and John Hicks. Before the workouts, Shoppach was showing them how to read, study and interpret a major league scouting report for hitters. Even Jesus Montero watches closely. Shoppach is also monitoring and keeping track of unforced drops of pitches during bullpens (think Olivo). And when Erasmo Ramirez was throwing his bullpen session, Shoppach noticed as he was catching him, that Ramirez was changing his arm slot slightly on his offspeed pitches. Ramirez corrected the issue and threw pretty well.

The most impressive bullpen was Carter Capps. We are able to stand about 20 feet from the mound to watch. And the velocity on his fastball - even during bullpens - is intimidating. He looked very sharp. Shoppach was quite vocal working with Capps.

Dave Hansen talked with Jesus Montero for a little while about a few different things going on early in his swing.

Watched a little BP, John Hicks showed some pretty good power. Mike Zunino hit the ball very hard, and was crisp hitting the ball to right-center. Nick Franklin took BP right-handed with a left pitcher on the mound, and he destroyed a couple of balls.

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